Well, this might just be the real story behind “The Year Without a Santa Claus”: it looks like jolly ol’ Saint Nick may have left someone very important off his lists — someone very close to home (and we ain’t talking Rudolph, but be sure to remember your pets too on the holidays!) — in what you might call a major “snow pas”…
We couldn’t resist sharing one more new Christmas tune with you before the holiday, a Ray Charlesish track from young pianist and singer Ben Levin that combines some great crooning and playing from Levin with swinging horns and memorable lyrics like its chorus of “Oh man, don’t have a second to pause/ gave the whole world presents, and forgot Mrs. Claus”, as well as “I gotta’ find somethin’, even if I stole/ I need a gift to keep a happy North Pole” and “She want a diamond ring, not an Elf on the Shelf/ I got nothin’, I’m gonna’ spend Christmas by myself”.
Maybe Santa should have checked those lists a third time!
Here’s hoping your holiday — whatever and whenever it is you celebrate — is smoother and less stressful than Santa’s in this song, and the happiest it can be for you and yours!
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